Imagine hearing that a family of neighbors has just moved in, and then discovering that those neighbors are human-sized bears. That’s exactly what happened to residents of the Gobelins district in Paris, who were in for an im-paw-ssibly cute surprise.

According toLonely Planet, locals have reported about an “army of teddy bears” that has settled into the Gobelins neighborhood in the 13th arrondissement.

It is believed that more than 50 cuddly residents have moved in. Some engage in mundane, day-to-day activities like going to work and shopping for groceries, while others prefer to gather over a cup of coffee and chat about memories that were the, ahem, stuff of dreams.

The new neighbors have become so popular, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, even tweeted a welcome to them.

Upon investigation, law enforcers successfully tracked the leader of the pack: a well-meaning bookseller by the name of Philippe.

Apparently, Philippe has been recruiting people to plant the teddy bears around the area, and even owns a Facebook page called ‘Les nounours des gobelins’ (the teddy bears of Gobelins) to keep updated on the whereabouts of his fuzzy friends.

“I’ve been working here for 25 years,” he told French newspaper Le Parisien. “There were people I had never spoken to. Now they call me Philippe.”

This could very well be most un-bear-ably adorable stunt of all time. Meet some of Gobelins’ new residents in the photos below.